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A farming village on the banks of the Cher 21 miles (34 km) south of Bourges at the junction of the D142 and the D92 roads. The A71 autoroute runs through the centre of the commune’s territory. The village is one of six with a claim to be the geographic centre of France. [citation needed]
A stone marking the village as the geographic centre of France. The twelfth century priory church of Saint-Étienne. The Château de Châteaufer, built in 1670.
Pussy (French pronunciation:) is a small village and a delegated commune of La Léchère in the Savoie département of France. [2] It is situated on the eastern slope of Mont Bellachat above the left bank of the Isère, 9 km (5.5 mi.) northwest of Moûtiers.
Méribel Les Allues is a ski resort that was developed adjacent to the traditional hamlet of Morel, with its centre situated at about 1400 metres above sea level. [1] It was founded by a Scotsman, Major Peter Lindsay, [ 2 ] who was looking for a new site for winter sports away from the ski resorts of Austria and Germany, because of the growing ...
The idea of an association to gather the most beautiful villages of France was born in Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze in 1981. Charles Ceyrac, mayor of the village, was inspired by a Reader's Digest book entitled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France which included pictures of Collonges. He decided to launch an association that would unite villages ...
Old village center; Port Mèze: both a working fishing harbor and a port for recreational boating. Lagunage ecological site; Dinosaur Plain' palenthology museum. Eglise Saint Hilaire; La Chapelle des Pénitents (12th century) Le château de Girard (end of 17th century) Remains of city walls; St-Jean-de-la-Garrigue, former parish church, built ...
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the village was a centre of floral production, producing lavender, roses and jasmine for the perfumeries in nearby Grasse. Mougins is a living village, where both the ancient buildings and the 19th-century houses are inhabited as they have always been.
Like many current regions of France, the region of Centre-Val de Loire was created from parts of historical provinces: Touraine, Orléanais and Berry. First, the name Centre was chosen by the government purely on the basis of geography, in reference to its location in northwest-central France (the central part of the original French language area).